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Balloranking: The Latest Fast Rising Star in Street Music

by Aisha Yusuf

Sep 8, 2023, 11:19:02 AM

Born in Coker Surulere, Lagos, Balogun Olamilekan popularly known as Balloranking first had a taste of music when he joined his church's choir as a kid. Inspired by his father’s musical talents, Balloranking decided to start learning about music under his father’s guidance. 

He debuted in 2020 with several hits such as ‘Time No Dey’ ft Seyi Vibez, ‘Holiday’ ft Small Doctor and ‘Never Die Trying’. Balloranking has since collaborated with a lot of top artistes in the industry such as Zinoleesky, Seyi Vibes, Small Doctor and Bad Boy Timz. He released his debut album in 2022 called ‘Trenches Boy’. The album featured a lot of prominent musicians such as Lyta on 'Omo Ogbon’, ‘Feeling You’ featuring Bad Boy Timz, ‘Realize’ featuring Seyi Vibez and ‘Elevate’ featuring Bella Shmurda.

His music style is heavily influenced by his background, resulting in a blend of street music fused with Hip Hop that allows his innate musical talents to shine through, creating a unique music style that has garned him several fans and attracted the attention of heavyweight record labels Dvpper Music and Lormy Entertainment. Dvpper Music has signed the likes of Shallipopi, TI Blaze, Seyi Vibez and BhadBoi OML.

The artiste has about 30.8 million listeners on Boomplay and around 147 thousand listeners on Spotify. He also has huge streaming numbers on Spotify that add up to around 3 million streams.

Balloranking is proving to be the latest fast rising star in the music industry and with his current relationship with Dvpper Music, he is certainly on the right track to shoot to the top of the Nigerian music industry.

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